A woman is suing the city after she was bit by a police dog while she was walking to work.

In the lawsuit filed In Superior Court, Lucille Davila claims she was attacked by the dog after its handler, Officer Marie Cetti, negligently allowed the dog to get out of the police car.

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She is seeking more than $15,000 in damages.

“My client was simply on her way to work at Dunkin' Donuts when the dog got out of the police car and jumped on her back,” said Davila’s lawyer, Joseph DeLucia. “The officer decided my client was OK and left leaving Ms. Davila to go back to work covered in blood and her manager had to take her to the hospital.”

Police Chief Armando Perez called the incident a terrible accident.

“The dog did bite the woman, we have apologized to her and are doing everything to make sure it never happens again,” the chief said.

The chief confirmed that Cetti, an officer since 2011, attended the state police dog training academy but did not graduate. He attributed that to her not being comfortable with the dog. But he said she got another dog and graduated from a private training program the city now uses.

The suit states that shortly after 6 a.m., on Oct. 27, the 34-year-old Davila was walking to the Dunkin' Donuts at the corner of Lafayette Boulevard and Prospect Street when Cetti’s police dog, Uno, jumped on her back and began biting her.

The manager of the Dunkin' Donuts took Davila to Bridgeport Hospital where police were called.

Cetti filed a report of the biting incident after police responded to the hospital five hours later.

In her report, Cetti she was working an outside overtime detail at the entrance ramp to Route 8/25 when she got out of her car to give a truck driver directions. She states that her dog got out of the car through the open driver’s side door and, “Jumped up on Davila putting both paws on her back as she was walking eastbound on Prospect Street.”

Cetti states in her report that she successfully called the dog back.

“I offered her (Davila) medical attention twice but she refused, stating she was OK,” she stated. She continues that she went to Bridgeport Hospital at 1 p.m. after learning Davila had gone there for treatment but Davila had already been discharged.

DeLucia said his client suffered multiple lacerations on her mid back from the dog.